Carbohydrates 3 - structural units

Question 1

Cellulose

Answer 1

> found in plant cell walls
tough insoluble and fibrous
made up of beta glucoses bonded by glycosidic bonds

Question 2

Structure and function of plant cell walls

Answer 2

> microfibrils and macrofibrils are very strong
easy to digest because bonds are weak
strength of cell wall stops plants from bursting

Question 3

Bacterial cell walls

Answer 3

> made from peptidoglycon
long parallel poly chains
cross linked by short peptide chains

Question 4

Exoskeletons

Answer 4

> made of chitin

> similar to cellulose